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From: Dale <teendale@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cleaning up my gentoo
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 05:08:20
Message-Id: 451DFA7A.3030005@vista-express.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] cleaning up my gentoo by Daniel da Veiga
1 Daniel da Veiga wrote:
2 > On 9/29/06, Pawel K <pawlaczus@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> Hello
4 >> I would like to clean up my gentoo installation. I'm
5 >> using it for more than a year and now I would like to
6 >> make it thiner.
7 >> I'm aware of some tools doing that:
8 >>
9 >> emerge deepclean
10 >> rm /usr/portage/disfiles/*
11 >>
12 >> What about old ebuilds in /usr/portage/ directory
13 >> should they be removed as well.
14 >> What about other things that I'm not aware of.
15 >
16 > They should be automatically removed with rsync.
17 >
18 >>
19 >> Is there any common procedure/script/command for
20 >> cleaning up my gentoo.
21 >
22 > You may find A LOT of these scripts at the Gentoo Foruns. Take a look
23 > there...
24 >
25 >>
26 >> I've already performed all above steps and I'm asking
27 >> about what else should be done to clean up my gentoo
28 >> and maybe make it thiner without decreasing its
29 >> functionality.
30 >
31 > This may help:
32 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Clean_Up_Cruft
33 >
34
35 Don't forget eclean too. eclean-pkg and eclean-dist to be more exact.
36 That will take care of the distfiles and any packages you may have. Be
37 carefull with that depclean. It can get ugly. o_O
38
39 Dale
40
41 :-) :-)
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